American Art
American Art
Property from the Collection of the late Phyllis Rothschild Farley
Winslow Homer
The Siesta
Auction Closed
May 19, 03:38 PM GMT
Estimate
200,000 - 300,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Property from the Collection of the late Phyllis Rothschild Farley
Winslow Homer
1836 - 1910
The Siesta
gouache and pencil on paper
6 ¾ by 8 inches
(17 by 20.3 cm)
Executed in 1878.
Samuel Colman, New York, 1879 (sold: American Art Association-Anderson Galleries, Inc., New York, April 20, 1927, lot 61)
John F. Harris, New York (acquired at the above sale)
Mrs. Walter D. Shields (sold: O'Reilly's Plaza Art Galleries, New York, February 16, 1950, lot 119-a)
Milch Galleries, New York, 1950
Acquired by the present owner from the above, circa 1954
John F. Harris, New York (acquired at the above sale)
Mrs. Walter D. Shields (sold: O'Reilly's Plaza Art Galleries, New York, February 16, 1950, lot 119-a)
Milch Galleries, New York, 1950
Acquired by the present owner from the above, circa 1954
"The Water-Color Pictures in the New York Academy II," The Churchman, vol. 39, February 1879, n.p.
"Fine Arts. Water Color Exhibition-Fifth and Concluding Notice-The Corridor and Black and White Room," New York Herald, February 24, 1879, n.p.
Lloyd Goodrich and Abigail Booth Gerdts, Record of Works by Winslow Homer: 1877 Through 1881, vol. III, New York, 2008, no. 726, p. 151, illustrated
"Fine Arts. Water Color Exhibition-Fifth and Concluding Notice-The Corridor and Black and White Room," New York Herald, February 24, 1879, n.p.
Lloyd Goodrich and Abigail Booth Gerdts, Record of Works by Winslow Homer: 1877 Through 1881, vol. III, New York, 2008, no. 726, p. 151, illustrated